Xybots
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Xybots was developed by Atari Games
in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the players (1st player as Major Rock Hardy while 2nd player as Captain Ace Gunn) must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind.
Atari Games
Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc...
in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the players (1st player as Major Rock Hardy while 2nd player as Captain Ace Gunn) must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind.
Arcade
Released worldwide 1987- Game Designer: Ed Logg
- Programmers: Ed Logg and Bob Flanngan
- Engineer: Doug Snyder
- Technician: Cris Drobny
- Animators: Sam Comstock and Mark Nest
- Audio Designers: Earl Vickers, Hal Canon, Brad Fuller
Ports
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- Commodore 64
- Amstrad
- ZX Spectrum
- Atari ST
- Commodore Amiga
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Planned versions
These versions of Xybots were in development, but were ultimately never released.- Sega Genesis
- Nintendo Entertainment System
External links
- Xybots arcade machine - KLOV.com
- Atari Lynx - Atari Age
- Xybots hardware info at MAWS
- Review from Games Machine magazine, February 1988 - Solvalou.com
- Xybots Review - Atari Times